Sunflower seeds happiness

 

Sunflower seeds are something I love quite much. Sadly, for whatever reason, they don't sell them in Finland [except raw seeds for birds] . I got a surprize-pack for Christmas, from the Mothership, and oh the delight!

My fingers almost have holes from cracking the seeds [I never learned to do it properly with my teeth], but it feels good. 

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Prometheus poster

Got it from Makuuni movie rental store. Soon to post a better picture, the poster is awesome and huge!

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Neverwinter nights

In case you're wondering why I've been quite inactive this week, here's the reason:

 Neverwinter nights is what keeps me away from editing photos in the past week. It’s been years since I last played the game, but it’s always as enjoyable.

Problem is, I managed to fuck up majorly**, because of playing too sleepy [not the first time, sadly] , so now I’ll be starting from the beginning and fix what I missed.

I’ll do my best to keep the stream going here, during the breaks from playing. Cheers!

**For those familiar with the game, in the second chapter, you’re supposed to go to Luskan and investigate the Arcane Brotherhood. But before going there, you should explore all the Port Llast roads and finish the side quests, or they will be lost once you enter Luskan. Problem is, I forgot about that and couldn’t finish most of them, which is very valuable experience. I only went through the North road to Luskan and the East road to Cherwood, where everything ended up in burning hell. Note has been taken, so I’m re-starting now.

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Milkshake spree

Me and Kalle, last summer in Bulgaria.

<3

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Om nom Toblerone

Long time no webcam shot. Here's one of the 6 awesome Toblerones we have at home. This one is with dark chocolate, and definitely one of my favs.

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Long time no see, Battlefield

Teheehee 

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Resolution 2011

most awesome socks! got them for Christmas, made by the boyfriend's granny

It's that time of the year again, when we all think about what happened and what didn't during the past 12 months. I can gladly say that I had one of the most amazing years in my life.

During the first 6 months:
- won a photography contest and went to Brussels as an award
- got accepted in Stenden university in the Netherlands with Media and Entertainment management
- graduated from high-school with one of the highest grades
- passed my final exams in Bulgarian language and literature and English language with Excellent grade
- met this amazing person <3

During the last 6 months:
- last Harry Potter movie came out
- spent the most amazing two weeks in my life so far <3
- lived and studied for almost 4 months in Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- moved to Finland on December 2nd with a one-way ticket
- had an amazing Christmas with Kalle and his family

I'm looking forward to 2012, and I'm optimistic about it.
My goals are:
- see the Northern lights
- find a job [first]
- start learning Finnish
- finally get a good camera
- travel and have more time together <3

Hopefully your year was as good to you, as mine was to me. If not - then I wish you the next one to be better.
See you next year. :]

Violeta.

In my hands

Behold!
It's a Canon EOS 450D, unfortunately not mine, but will be in my hands for the next day. Which means the so-promised photo post will happen after all.

This is actually my second "rendezvous" with such Canon. The first one was this summer and oh gods, it was productive!

And another one: 

- it's like he has tiny bits of ice in his eyes. :]

Same photo, switched roles:

- "polaroid eye" - his words

Violeta.

Brussels Trip - Day 2/3

Hi again.
I just got to the last hotel, where I'll be staying and there's finally free wi-fi, so I can catch up with updates.
I don't have much time, because it's after midnight after a long day and I'll have to wake up at 5 a.m before the flight, so I'll post photos tomorrow, when I get back home and recieve all the files from the other people.

- a t-shirt I bought from Brussels and no, I don't have blond highlights, it's some reflection from the lamps.

See you tomorrow.

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EDIT: So, I'm finally at home in Bulgaria. I recharged myself with a good amount of quality sleep and now I'm ready to post some photos, as promised.

Almost all of this second day passed in the European Parliament, so most of the photos are from there. We had several meetings and presentations, we also visited two sessions during which the deputies talked about the situation in Libya. We also gave away cards with the Bulgarian alphabet, because of 24th May which is the official day of the Cyrillic alphabet.

- infront of the European Parliament

- the European Parliament itself, a panoram shot built from 7 photos

- with some Tibetian monk who was touring Brussels

- insite the European Parliament, such an incredible building

- meeting with Kristian Vigenin [you can find more info about the trip on his website aswell]

- you can see me on the left, I'm the only one with a white t-shirt.

- with my roommate Galina [don't be fooled, she's much older than me]

- the EESC, where we met with Zoltan Krasznai.

- in the end, we got eco-bags, full of books, brochures and small gifts from the EP.

On our way to the hotel where we spent the night before the flight:

- as a person who lives in a country that's still far from the Western European eco - ideas, I was quite impressed by this guy in a suit, who was riding a bike. It's impossible to see something like this here

- and another photo from the streets of Brussels

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In overall, the trip was awesome. Even though we had some troubles in the beginning, I remained fascinated by the life there. I'm glad I was able to go to Brussels and a huge thanks to the organizators. The trip was made as a replacement to my prom and I'm happy it happened that way.

That's all. Hopefully you enjoyed the posts from my trip and the short stories between them.

Violeta.

Easter vacation

I'm back from my village, where I spent the last 3 days.
The weather is almost depressively hot.
Nothing interesting happened, I spent my time mostly in sleeping, drinking Nestea with green tea and playing the Sims 3 World Adventure. I also made two-three bike-trips to a hill near the village.
Now the photos:

Friday:





Saturday:




- really old sunglasses, I think my grandfather's, but they're awesome


- my grandfather's bike, because he punctured the tire of mine

Sunday:




- the little fellows were with me too. They didn't really enjoy the hot weather.

That's pretty much all about it.

Violeta.

Science convention

Yeap, it's the conventions season.

I was asked to present at the Bulgarian - Ukranian annual science convention today. This year the themes were "Cosmos and us", "Yuri Gagarin and the dreams beyond the atmosphere" and "Atom".
My presentation was on "Atom - When the constructive can lead to global destruction". In overall, I talked about the "nuclear race" in the middle of XX century, nuclear bombs and nuclear power plants - mostly about the Chernobyl disaster and about Fukushima 1 and what happens after such catastrophies.
I recieved great feedback from the Ukranian lectors and students about my respectful and full review on Chernobyl, especially so closely to the memorial day [26 April].
I'm glad I met these guys again. The group from Gorlovka participated last year on the same convention, so we had quite a good chat afterward.

I also got a certificate for best performance [yes, one more in the collection]:


- blame it on the lack of sleep

and here's a close-up to my badge:

- no, that's not my handwriting. I can never write that pretty.

Now I really need some sleep, because I prepared my presentation in 3 a.m last night, like always in the last moment.


Edit: I just got some other photos from the Ukranian group:




- that's the small convention hall, it's an ex-physics cabinet, which explains the panels on the wall and the desks.

Violeta.

Snail on the slope

I was waiting for a while till it gets published in Bulgarian and I finally bought it. "Snail on the slope" is a book by the Strugatsky brothers. I still haven't started it, but I'm a fan of their joint works, so I have big expectations.
I highly recommend their books.


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Hello weekend!

- imbatgirl



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BLOOD!

- bought recently.
It's grey, not white.


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Трети Март

Честит празник, българи!
Живи, здрави и наздраве!


- а колко от вас имат морски свинчета - патриоти?


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Мартенски сняг

Честита Баба марта!
Най-сетне дойде времето, в което не изглеждам странно задето нося мартеници целогодишно.
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For the first time, since I have memories, we have snow in March, and quite a stable cold. That means the summer won't come at least till the end of May and that works great for me.
Also I overslept terribly this morning and now I'm waiting for the taxi to come. At least the day will pass faster.

PS: Cultural lesson:
Every March we give to each other bracelets called "мартеници" for luck and health. We wear them till we see a stork or a swallow [but not me, I wear them during the whole year]. When we see one, we hang the martenitsa on a fruitful tree so that it can be productive. It's a really old pagan tradition and it's one of the celebrations I love the most, because it's ours not some american bullshit.

PS2: Here's what I got so far:


- more expected this week.

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Monday

I really can't think of a better title so I'll keep posting ordinary everyday stuff as weekdays.
This time, I got the local newspaper and apparently I was on the first cover, because of my photography award.


- yes, this is Mickey Mouse, with a headshot. Full t-shirt photo here.
- ignore the big hair, it's uncontrollable today and every other day.

And a dose of Monday-ish idiotism, because school was too boring today:




Oh and we have a german exchange student who studies psychology in University of Vienna. He's a really handsome guy which makes most girls melt when he passes by. Even though I don't fins him "the prince of my life" like most of them do, it's quite funny to watch how their feet immediately become like jelly :D


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Saturday afternoon 2

Snowing outside. Home alone. Cookies.

- that was the goddamn mothercookie.


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Autumn

I dream for eternal autumn but there's only spring in tomorrow's plans.


and a webcam snapshot:




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Frozen hair

Seriously. While I was walking to school this morning I noticed that my hair ends are frosty from the breath from my nose that freezes. It was -13C degrees or so, which is not THAT cold. I mean, there were times when the temperatures were even lower, and yet this is the first time when my hair freezes.
I took some photos with my phone so don't mind the bad quality:





True story, bros.

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